Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-07
OUR COUSINS.

knows how unfortunate this has been f.
me-for us all. | have suffered in Ties
seven years, Charles, separated from IN
Kind. / have eNpiated my boyish raSi
hess with INV life, for | am dying, Charlie.
you know that.
Don't say that. Edward. said IN
father, ignoring the first part of hi
speech; you may live many years
Il trust so, Edward -
Ny uncle waved his hand in dissent
mo, he answered; Il shall leave then
and in poverty"
They are used 10 that. " returned m
father, ool,lly; she was not born in silk
and satins; they will get along There i
David FREEMAN; he is a strong man il
every sense OF the word
But my children, Charles. they are u
our flesh and blood there was dash q
pride in his tones, and she has been
faithful wife, AN sure of that"
They will get along" said my father
still coidly, as he and Uncle Edwar,
walked slcwly down the pathway.
One day they said that my uncle Ed
ward WIS dead. My father bowed hi
head and shook like leaf when the wort
came.
Some months after my uncle Edward
death il WAS said that the family hat
moved west. They had gone with Dsyi,
Freeman.
Years passei had grown IN ,vonan
hood, but the impressionS of nv cbildboo,
remained with me. and the whit. sal
face of INV uncle Edward MAS meyer fnr
gotten. ". lived on I'M. old nlsc. !,
was called the old homestead now Nv
older sister had married and ynne
What wedding il was, and sb. wa.
celebrated as a beauty far and near Sb.
had married well. and had removed
TO a distant CITY. After this event we
returned ~ our quiet ways.
One morning, il was in the early sprinr.
| heard NV mother say that David Free
man had inst gone mast.
Il wonder what has brought him back
she asked
He has come 10 settle ND some old
affairs. | fancy" replied nv father.
That piece of property Edward owned
WAS sold the other day. am glad of
that Ii will he something for them
Ny fathers eyes took on a far off look
such look As ! had often noticed OF
late. Was il regret or the thoughtful
ness of advancing years, Whatever il
may have been. or however my father
may have regarded transactions of the
past. he Kept his own counsel
Well. Z" said NV mother. Il hone they
will not pack hack again ~
No. David Freeman is pleased. | am
told. with the country out there. They
will never return here. Ii seems he made
Inquiries about that claim of ours, - said
nv father after pause. He is bound to
look after the interests of those children
and il is his right
Il cannot see how they have any right;
or if they have" retracted my mother,
lit is = shame
Amy said nv father sternly.
Mother colored TO her temples That
claim. she proceeded. lis in the far dis
lance. and il is not worth while borrow
ing trouble about what may never come. ="
Il am not so sure about il being al SO
great n distance" returned my father.
The bill passed the senate last winter
and il WAS barely squelched in the house.
] think shall subscribe for The Washing
ton Intelligencer this winter in order TO
Keep track of what is going on"
oh. | have very little faith in it," re
piled NV mother. And The Washington
lnrelligencer appears To be a remarkably
dull paper; YOU have spent a good deal on
itht paper already. 1fldfltS.
Mother" | said that evening. as we
sat in the twilight waiting for father. who
had gone 10 a village caucus, ..who is
that David Freeman and what is this
mystery which oyershadows our family,
| remember. mother. NV uncle Edward:
his sad face comes back To me al times,
plain ~ upon that evening when father
said lac looked in his winding sheet happy
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are these children. and shat imperious
woman. remember father said She was
imperisls, allowing no feeling to show
itself when the tragedy of Uncle Edwards
death took place. IL was tragedy-the
tragedy Of u life. | have thought since"
The woman replied nv mother,
glancing furtiyely about her, and in a
voice hushed. as if the very walls had
ears, lis your aunt by marriaye-a tariy
marriage il was said. and those children
are Your disreputable COUSINS
Why are they disreputable, mother
Because" replied my mother. in sharp
incisive tones. lit WAS a mesalliance-an
"'four grandfather, my child WAS an
Englishman. with high ideas of caste and
family distinction He Was a merchant
man owning ships for the TRANSPORTATION
OF American products to foreign ports.
II. was a proud man, looking down
upon tne oa'iaItie, as lhes ~ere 'erfiiea'
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